Synonyms of stuffed

stuffed 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in filled

containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible

had never seen shelves so stuffed with books

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• packed
• bursting
• jammed
• crammed
• loaded
• full
• crowded
• brimming
• chock-full
• brimful
• overstuffed
• fat
• chockablock
• jam-packed
• overfilled
• overloaded
• overflowing
• overcrowded
• overladen
• overfull
• replete
• rife
• teeming
• fraught
• swarming
• abounding
• flush

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• blank
• devoid
• vacant
• bare
• void
• short
• inadequate
• incomplete
• insufficient
• wanting
• stark
• deficient
• shy
• drained
• depleted
• shortish
• exhausted

2

as in full

having one's appetite completely satisfied

we were still stuffed from our huge breakfast and didn't want lunch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• full
• sated
• satiated
• replete
• surfeited
• overstuffed
• gorged
• glutted
• overfed
• satiate
• overfull

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• hungry
• starving
• starved
• famished
• undernourished
• underfed

stuffed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of stuff

1

as in packed

to close up so that no empty spaces remain

stuffed the box with tissue paper so the contents wouldn't rattle around

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• packed
• plugged
• sealed
• blocked
• bunged
• dammed
• stopped
• jammed
• closed (off)
• occluded
• congested
• clogged
• choked
• obstructed
• clotted
• caulked
• repacked
• restuffed
• chinked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excavated
• scooped (out)
• shoveled
• hollowed (out)

2

as in gorged

to fill with food to capacity

kids who stuff themselves with junk food after school and then don't have any room for supper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gorged
• filled
• glutted
• crammed
• sated
• surfeited
• feasted
• gobbled
• regaled
• gulped
• guzzled
• cloyed
• pigged out
• banqueted
• gormandized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fasted
• dieted

3

as in crammed

to fit (people or things) into a tight space

stuffed all the kids into the back of the car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crammed
• squeezed
• loaded
• wedged
• jammed
• packed
• sandwiched
• rammed
• crowded
• filled
• crushed
• shoehorned
• heaped
• jam-packed

4

as in blocked

to prevent passage through by filling with something

I can't smell anything, as my nose is all stuffed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blocked
• obstructed
• filled
• jammed
• choked
• flooded
• congested
• occluded
• stopped (up)
• clogged
• packed
• clotted
• plugged (up)
• gummed (up)
• dammed
• corked
• bunged
• stoppered
• overwhelmed
• furred
• gridlocked
• inundated
• spiled
• silted
• glutted
• stoppled
• swamped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opened (up)
• freed
• cleared
• unplugged
• excavated
• scooped (out)
• emptied
• hollowed (out)
• unblocked
• unstopped
• unclogged
• lightened

5

as in loaded

to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained

stuffed a whole suitcase with gifts for her relatives in Mexico

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• packed
• loaded
• crammed
• jammed
• brimmed
• heaped
• refilled
• charged
• flooded
• jam-packed
• shoved
• drenched
• glutted
• swamped
• squashed
• bloated
• squeezed
• rammed
• crowded
• bulked
• replenished
• repacked
• matted
• reloaded
• saturated
• penetrated
• refreshed
• crushed
• pressed
• overflowed
• overcharged
• honeycombed
• overfilled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• emptied
• cleared
• vacated
• evacuated
• eliminated
• drained
• exhausted
• depleted
• drew (off)
• cleaned
• voided
• swept
• lightened
• flushed
• bled
• purged
• scoured

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stuffed

Adjective

For those who aren’t fans of thin crust pizza, Mama Cozzi also makes stuffed and rising crust versions, a deli take-and-bake pie, and a French bread pizza. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 July 2026

Some Vespas featured flowers and stuffed animals. — David Biller, Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2026

Once the children returned from check-in, the organizers greeted them with Danimals drinkable yogurts, their new backpacks and stuffed animals. — Miami Herald, 25 June 2026

Inside, Sophie loves to play with her baby dolls and stuffed animals. — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 9 June 2026

Hearty options at The Farmhouse Cafe like stuffed hashbrowns are adventure fuel. — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 1 June 2026

The elaborate staging kept with the song’s energy, with the group bursting out of a giant pink teddy bear outfitted with speakers for paws, interrupting a tea party scene populated by extras with pinkies raised, before launching into the track amid a cascade of colour and floating stuffed animals. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

Barbies, stuffed animals, cowgirl hats, and handwritten notes now surround the original cross placed at the site after her death. — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 20 May 2026

The LoveShackFancy x Pottery Barn Teen Easter basket collab is customized with Colette's name and full of stuffed animals, books, and even a tiny pair of Christian Louboutin shoes. — Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026

Verb

The 21-year-old is being held on charges of murder after 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s decomposing body was found stuffed in the front trunk of his Tesla on September 8, 2025. — Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 28 July 2026

Orlando residents objected to the city’s first parking meters in 1939 — the nickel-per-hour coin slots were stuffed with chewing gum in protest — and those meters didn’t last a year. — Sara-James Ranta, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026

While other kids his age were doling out loot bags stuffed with Bazooka bubble gum and slap bracelets, Lovett was recording his favorite music on cassette tapes as party favors. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2026

The problems increase with days, two in a row sometimes, with no delivery, followed by my mailbox either stuffed with several days of mail or mail that should have been delivered the previous day. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2026

The long-suffering geographic middle child stuffed between New York and Washington, DC, Philadelphia does not do bougie because bougie doesn’t do Philly. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

It’s stuffed with over-the-top, laugh-out-loud moments, surprise celebrity cameos, and a premise that is borderline ridiculous. — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 23 July 2026

Expect pita foldies stuffed with wagyu, ahi tuna or falafel, breakfast pitas, smash burgers, Jamaican beef patties, vegan soft serve and smoothies like the Island Love (coconut milk, ginger) and the Queen City (matcha, kale, pineapple). — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2026

There’s also Mary Hazelton, a woman who was murdered and found stuffed in trunk inside her apartment in 1909. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026

Phrases Containing stuffed

• stuffed shirt